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Ambassador Sherry Tots

Pirelli - decorated.
1959 catalogue page 12 & 14.
63mm (2½") high.
Manufacturer: Valerysthal Verrerie
Description

Six examples in catalogue, all shown plus 6 examples. Blank has moulded France under, possibly Vallerysthal.

#1 - #6 Dancer, Fox, Costume, Plant, Pirate, Native

#7 Multilingual Good Health, see notes from leaflet below. Text on glasses does vary from leaflet.

#8 page 14 - Pair with cocktail names and Recipes from "Have a Party Glasses" set

63mm (2½") high

Messages on glasses do vary from leaflet and are from left to right:

Egészégere - Skål - lang may your lum reek!   Na Irdair! - Prosit! - Chin-Chin!
Salud! - A votre Santé - Good Health! Slàinte! - Salud y Pesetas! - Salute!
Iechydda! - Saude! - Cheerio! Bottoms up! - Hei-Hei! - Op uw Gezondheid!

Other messages could be found as the leaflet shows the following phrases:

Good Luck:
Spanish - Buena Suerte
Portugese - Bôa Sorte
French - Bonne Chancee
Norwegian - Hell og Lykke
Dutch - Beste Geluk
Italian - Buona Fortuna
German - Viel Glück!
Czech - Mnoho štĕsti
Swedish - Lycka
Turkish - Allah seninle beraber olsun 
Danish - Held og lykke
Polish - Dobrego szczescia
Irish -

Good Health:
Spanish - Salud y Pesetas
Spanish (S.Amer) - Salud
French - A votre Sante
French - A la votre
Dutch - Op uw Gezondheid
Italian - Salute
German - Prosit
Hungarian - Egészégere
Welsh - Iechydda
Gaelic - Slainte
Czech - Na Irdair
Finnish - Hei-Hei
Scandinavian - Skål
Portugese - Saude

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